Victor Jacobs

Portrait of Victor Jacobs

Victor Philippe Marie Jacobs (born January 18, 1838 in Antwerp , † December 20, 1891 in Saint-Gilles / Sint-Gillis ) was a Belgian politician .

He belonged to the Meeting Party and later to the Catholic Party and was a member of the Chamber of Deputies . Jacobs was Minister of Public Works in 1870, Minister of Finance between 1870 and 1871, and Minister of the Interior in 1884 and Minister of Public Education. In 1888 he was awarded the honorary title of Minister of State .

Life

MP and Minister

In the second government of Prime Minister Jules Malou , Jacobs was Minister of the Interior and Minister of Public Education in 1884.

Victor Philippe Marie Jacobs was a son of the lawyer and politician Pierre Louis Martin Jacobs and his wife Marie Anne van Merlen, a descendant of Jacobs van Merlen . After attending school, he completed a law degree at the Free University of Brussels , which he completed in 1860 as a doctor of law . He then settled as a lawyer in his native Antwerp and worked as such until 1876. On June 9, 1863, he became a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the meeting party for the first time and later represented the interests of the Antwerp district for the Catholic Party until his death on December 20, 1891 .

On July 2, 1870, Jacobs was appointed to the d'Anethan government, where he initially served as Minister of Public Works until August 3, 1870, and then as Minister of Finance between August 3, 1870 and December 7, 1871. He was a member of the Finance Committee between 1873 and 1876, Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies from 1877 to 1878 and a member of the Finance Committee again between 1879 and 1880. At the same time he worked as a lawyer in Brussels between 1877 and his death in 1891 .

In the Malou II government, he held the offices of Minister of the Interior and Minister of Public Education between June 16 and October 26, 1884. In 1885 he was a delegate at the Congo Conference in Berlin . After leaving the government, he was again a member of the finance committee of the Chamber of Deputies from 1885 to 1889 and, in 1886, a member of the commission to investigate the work situation in industry. On May 20, 1888, he was awarded the honorary title of Minister of State for his services .

Economic activities and awards

Victor Philippe Marie Jacobs' grave in the Berchem district of Antwerp .

In addition to his political career, Victor Jacobs also worked for banks , mines and railroad companies. He was a member of the board of directors several times, namely in 1872 and 1874 of the Banque Belge du Commerce et de l'Industrie , between 1873 and 1890 of the Société des Charbonnages du Nord du Flénu , from 1873 to 1889 of the SA des Charbonnages de Pâturages et Wasmes , 1874 and 1878 the Société Générale des Tramways , from 1878 to 1889 the SA des Tramways Napolitains , 1880 the Société Générale des Chemins de Fer Economiques , 1880 and 1887 the Les Tramways Florentins , 1881 the SA des Tramways à Vapeur Interprovinciaux de Milan-Bergame-Crémone , 1882 the SA des Tramways de Varsovie , 1887 the SA du Charbonnage de Sacré-Madame and 1883 the Société Générale des Chemins de Fer Economiques .

Jacobs, who was married to Valentine Bernard, was honored several times for his many years of service. Among other things, he was commander of the Order of Leopold and received the Grand Cross of the Order of the Iron Crown of Austria and the Order of Gregory, as well as the dignity of Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor .

Web links

• Entry in Ars Moriendi
• Entry in ODIS

Individual evidence

1. ^ Government d'Anethan in De Belgische regeringen - Les Gouvernements de la Belgique (1831-1899)
2. ^ Government of Malou II in De Belgische regeringen - Les Gouvernements de la Belgique (1831-1899)